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deadline.comGood afternoon Insiders and it’s Max Goldbart here with your weekly dose of the biggest headlines across the film and TV world.Need for speed: Tom Cruise will bring some star power to Cannes Film Festival this year when he heads to the Riviera to premiere his upcoming movie Top Gun: Maverick.
Rumored for a while, Deadline’s Mike Fleming Junior had the exclusive on the details this week, revealing that the film will debut in Cannes on May 18, with Cruise taking part in an in-conversation event on the same day before receiving a special tribute ahead of the screening.The King’s in town: Deadline also revealed this week another high-profile title that is set to bow at Cannes: Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic Elvis.
The movie stars Austin Butler as the King of Rock and Roll, with Tom Hanks as his manager Colonel Tom Parker. The French festival will unveil its full line-up on April 14 and the draw of these huge movies will certainly add some extra edge.
One to keep watching.In mourning: Hard to believe it’s been almost a month since Russia invaded Ukraine and the war continues to bring tragic news every day, much of it relating to the media world.
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